Build Your Mobile Development Kit Client Using MDK SDK

Intermediate

25 min.

Set up your development environment that enable MDK SDK so that you can begin building your branded Mobile Development Kit client.

You will learn

Created byAugust 30, 2019

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Tutorial: Set Up Initial Configuration for an MDK App
Download the latest version of Mobile Development Kit SDK either from the SAP community download page or SAP Software Center if you are a SAP Mobile Services customer

There are 3 options for mobile development kit client:

Install the SAP Mobile Services client from the public store which is meant for demo and development or learning purposes.
Use the Cloud Build feature in SAP Mobile Services to generate a MDK Client (details are in this tutorial)
Build a client on your local machine in your organization development environment using MDK SDK

In this tutorial, you will learn creating a MDK client using option 3.

For distribution to your users, you need to build a custom client. This enables you to:

Provide customer app icon
Use your signing profiles
Distribute custom extensions
Provide app-specific settings (Custom EULA texts, Add app assets)
Add demo mode
Customize languages (for onboarding screens)
Use your own distribution channels, like the mobile device management of your choice

Step 1
Make sure you are choosing the right development platform tab above.
Make sure that you have download latest version of MDK SDK as described in Prerequisites.
Once you’ve installed these prerequisites, your machine is ready to generate and build an MDK project.
What are the prerequisites on your developer machine for using the MDK SDK?
Apache Tomcat
SAP Fiori Launchpad
NativeScript environment
Node.js
Step 2
Make sure you are choosing the right development platform tab above.
Step 3
Make sure you are choosing the right development platform tab above.
Step 4
Make sure you are choosing the right development platform tab above.
This name of this folder is based on the <App Name> provided in the MDKProject.json file and this is the NativeScript project.
What are some of the things you can do when building a custom Mobile Development Kit (MDK) Kit using the MDK SDK?
Providing your own customer app icon
Providing your own signing profiles
Deployment via EMM from the Apple App Store
Customizing languages for onboarding screens
Automatic access to newly delivered SAP innovations via App Store lifecycle management
Step 5
Make sure you are choosing the right device platform tab above.
What is the default file name for storing the client logs? (Hint: Look at LogSettings block in BrandedSettings.json file)